https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A total of 326,000 tickets are set to be sold or given away for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on the river Seine, France's Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has said, giving the exact number for the first time. https://www.thelocal.fr/20240306/326000-tickets-for-paris-olympics-opening-ceremony-minister-says Wed, 06 Mar 2024 09:43:36 +0100 326000-tickets-for-paris-olympics-opening-ceremony-minister-says A major security operation will be in place in Paris over the weekend along the route of a planned demonstration against anti-Semitism - which has already sparked a deep political divide. https://www.thelocal.fr/20231110/tight-security-in-paris-ahead-of-march-against-anti-semitism Fri, 10 Nov 2023 17:48:51 +0100 tight-security-in-paris-ahead-of-march-against-anti-semitism The man who killed a schoolteacher in northern France last week has been charged with terror offences and had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State extremist group in an audio recording before his attack, a prosecutor has revealed. https://www.thelocal.fr/20231018/french-schoolteacher-killer-claimed-attack-for-islamic-terror-group-prosecutor Wed, 18 Oct 2023 10:34:21 +0200 french-schoolteacher-killer-claimed-attack-for-islamic-terror-group-prosecutor French authorities plan to use an AI-assisted crowd control system to monitor people during the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to a draft law seen by AFP on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20221222/france-planning-ai-assisted-crowd-control-for-paris-olympics Thu, 22 Dec 2022 17:10:39 +0100 france-planning-ai-assisted-crowd-control-for-paris-olympics French politicians and police unions paid tribute on Thursday to an officer killed during a drugs raid in the southern city of Avignon. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210506/french-police-officer-killed-in-drugs-bust-was-hero-in-the-war-on-drugs Thu, 06 May 2021 14:35:57 +0200 french-police-officer-killed-in-drugs-bust-was-hero-in-the-war-on-drugs France's highest administrative court on Monday approved the government's banning of a far-right group, Génération Identitaire, which on several occasions had tried to stop migrants entering the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210504/french-court-confirms-ban-on-anti-migrants-group Tue, 04 May 2021 10:32:50 +0200 french-court-confirms-ban-on-anti-migrants-group A slate of detentions carried out on December 12 during a Paris protest by tens of thousands of people against France's controversial security bill were "arbitrary", Amnesty International France said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210208/amnesty-condemns-arbitrary-detentions-during-protest-in-paris Mon, 08 Feb 2021 09:30:34 +0100 amnesty-condemns-arbitrary-detentions-during-protest-in-paris Changes to France's system of creating police files on potential threats to national security have sparked concern - here is what is happening. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210105/is-france-really-planning-to-create-police-files-on-political-activists Tue, 05 Jan 2021 16:21:58 +0100 is-france-really-planning-to-create-police-files-on-political-activists Protesters will be taking to the streets in cities across France on Saturday in yet another nationwide rallying cry against the French government's proposed security law. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201211/map-dozens-of-french-cities-brace-for-new-protests-on-saturday Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:10:04 +0100 map-dozens-of-french-cities-brace-for-new-protests-on-saturday President Emmanuel Macron promised swift action to improve life in the poverty-ridden French suburbs that in recent years have proved vulnerable to radical Islamist influences. So what exactly is the French government going to do? https://www.thelocal.fr/20201210/how-will-the-french-government-improve-life-in-the-poorest-parts-of-the-country-and-end-radical-islamist-influence Thu, 10 Dec 2020 12:56:04 +0100 how-will-the-french-government-improve-life-in-the-poorest-parts-of-the-country-and-end-radical-islamist-influence President Emmanuel Macron has said there is "urgent" need to reform the French police following multiple allegations of brutality and complaints from officers about growing hostility from the public. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201208/macron-says-there-is-urgent-need-to-reform-french-police-following-multiple-violence-complaints Tue, 08 Dec 2020 18:18:57 +0100 macron-says-there-is-urgent-need-to-reform-french-police-following-multiple-violence-complaints A group of independent United Nations experts on Thursday urged France to revise its controversial proposed security law, branding it "incompatible" with international human rights legislation. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201203/un-experts-urge-france-to-scrap-its-controversial-security-bill Thu, 03 Dec 2020 17:29:15 +0100 un-experts-urge-france-to-scrap-its-controversial-security-bill French MPs will completely rewrite the contentious Article 24 of the security bill that restricts the publication of images of police, which caused thousands to take to the streets in protest across France this weekend. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201130/breaking-french-government-to-rewrite-controversial-article-24-of-security-bill Mon, 30 Nov 2020 17:20:36 +0100 breaking-french-government-to-rewrite-controversial-article-24-of-security-bill French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday that the government would review the wording of a controversial draft law that would place restrictions on citizens filming the police and publishing the images. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201127/france-could-review-security-law-as-dozens-of-protests-are-planned Fri, 27 Nov 2020 09:18:56 +0100 france-could-review-security-law-as-dozens-of-protests-are-planned France's highest administrative court on Wednesday rejected appeals against the dissolution of a Muslim NGO and the six-month closing down of a mosque ordered by the government after the beheading of a teacher by an Islamist radical. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201125/french-court-backs-closure-of-muslim-ngo-for-inciting-hatred Wed, 25 Nov 2020 17:51:59 +0100 french-court-backs-closure-of-muslim-ngo-for-inciting-hatred French Prime Minister Jean Castex has declared that he will ask the courts to examine the constitutionality of a controversial security bill, which could criminalise publishing images of police. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201124/french-pm-to-ask-constitutional-court-to-examine-controversial-security-bill Tue, 24 Nov 2020 16:40:10 +0100 french-pm-to-ask-constitutional-court-to-examine-controversial-security-bill France's interior minister has demanded an explanation from police after "shocking" video images showed officers using tear gas and force against protesters as they cleared a makeshift migrant camp in central Paris on Monday night. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201124/in-video-french-minister-demands-explanation-after-police-clash-with-protesters-at-migrant-camp-in-central-paris Tue, 24 Nov 2020 08:35:37 +0100 in-video-french-minister-demands-explanation-after-police-clash-with-protesters-at-migrant-camp-in-central-paris France's new security bill has already caused controversy for its proposed restrictions in images of police officers - but what else is in the law? https://www.thelocal.fr/20201120/drones-and-surveillance-cameras-frances-new-security-bill-explained Fri, 20 Nov 2020 14:48:14 +0100 drones-and-surveillance-cameras-frances-new-security-bill-explained The French government is putting forward an amendment to its controversial law proposing banning publication of images of police officers, which many feared would curtail the freedom of the press. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201120/french-government-to-clarify-its-new-security-law-to-guarantee-press-f Fri, 20 Nov 2020 09:48:16 +0100 french-government-to-clarify-its-new-security-law-to-guarantee-press-f The French interior ministry is geographically close to the Elysée Palace - just across the street - writes John Lichfield. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201117/opinion-the-french-interior-minister-is-becoming-a-danger-to-macron-and-frances-reputation Tue, 17 Nov 2020 12:19:45 +0100 opinion-the-french-interior-minister-is-becoming-a-danger-to-macron-and-frances-reputation